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Webster 1913 Edition

Grab

Grab

(grăb)
,
Noun.
[Ar. & Hind.
ghurāb
crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.]
(Naut.)
A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

Grab

(grăb)
,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Grabbed
(grăbd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Grabbing
.]
[Akin to Sw.
grabba
to grasp. Cf.
Grabble
,
Grapple
,
Grasp
.]
To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.

Grab

,
Noun.
1.
A sudden grasp or seizure.
2.
An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; – specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
Grab bag
,
at fairs, a bag or box holding small articles which are to be drawn, without being seen, on payment of a small sum.
[Colloq.]
–
Grab game
,
a theft committed by grabbing or snatching a purse or other piece of property.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Grab

GRAB

,
Noun.
A vessel used on the Malabar coast,having two or three masts.

GRAB

,
Verb.
T.
To seize; to gripe suddenly. [Vulgar.]

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